BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.6.1//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Prescribed Fire 101 Workshops X-WR-CALDESC:SYRCL X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:20231105T090000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:20231105T090000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Prescribed Fire 101 Workshops DESCRIPTION:Nevada County RCD has two Prescribed Fire 101 workshops sche duled for 2024 so far. One will be January 13th \;in Grass Valley at the Nevada County Fire Safe Council office\, and another will be held F ebruary 3rd \;location TBA. The Workshops will be from 9:00 am - 2:0 0 pm with a potential demonstration burn the following day. \;\n\n\n \nThe workshops include: Introduction to prescribed fire for residents a nd private landowners. Learn about what prescribed burning is and the ro le of fire historically vs now in shaping our forest and landscape veget ation and wildland fire. Gain knowledge of the use of prescribed fire as a tool to benefit fire safety\, native plants and animal habitat\, and forest health. Learn about the basics of planning and conducting a presc ribed burn safely and responsibly\, including permitting and smoke manag ement. Display of native plants adaptations to fire. This workshop is pa ired with opportunities to participate in demonstration burns as weather and burning conditions allow.\n\n\n\nLead by Joaquin Pastrana\, Nevada County RCD Prescribed Fire Program Manager and Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman\, ce rtified California Burn Boss\, retired US Forest Service wildland and pr escribed fire scientist and practitioner\n\n\n\nDay 1: 5 hour classroom course at the Fire Safe Council of Nevada Co. (Jan 13 \;class only)\ n\n\n\nDay 2: 4-8 hour Field day if weather permits. Location TBA. email  joaquin.pastrana@ncrcd.org if you would like to register!  URL;VALUE=URI:https://yubariver.org/events/prescribed-fire-101-workshops -2/ UID:urn:uuid:d8ab22cb-8c61-47b1-8c0d-8e8fdff7e928 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260623T153628Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240203T140000 LOCATION:TBA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR